virtuoso
adjective/ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/, /ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/
/ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/, /ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/
[only before noun]- showing extremely great skill
- Kane treated us to a virtuoso performance against Chelsea this afternoon.
- a virtuoso pianist/player
- They gave a virtuoso display of Spanish dancing.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryVirtuoso is used with these nouns:- display
- performance
- performer
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘learned, skilful’, from late Latin virtuosus, from virtus ‘virtue’.Want to learn more?
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